#DCC351#DCC351

#DCC351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCC351
RGB	rgb(220, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -4.25, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 58.97, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0162 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5177, 54.8423, 15.7077)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCC351 #516ADC

analogous

#DC7E51 #DCC351 #AFDC51

triadic

#DCC351 #51DCC3 #C351DC

tetradic

#DCC351 #51DC7E #516ADC #DC51AF

square

#DCC351 #51DC7E #516ADC #DC51AF

split-complementary

#DCC351 #51AFDC #7E51DC

monochromatic

#957F1E #C8AB28 #DCC351 #E6D584 #F0E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DCC351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DCC351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCC351

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCC351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCC351	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dcc351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead487',
    500: '#dcc351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dcc351;
$custom-light: #ead487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dcc351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81712,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCC351

secondary

#384999

accent

#5DE93E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCC351

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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